Dealing with breach of confidentiality and unacceptable behaviour
A patient has written into the practice with a serious allegation. The practice manager phoned the patient to discuss her letter and she has advised that one of our receptionists has started an affair with her estranged husband.
Don't forget
Changes are being made to the rate of National Minimum Wage. From October 1, the rates will be:
No fault dismissal axed
PLANS to allow companies with less than 10 employees to dismiss workers without giving a reason have been dropped by the government.
Case study: Employment rights of self-employed
BACKGROUND: We often receive calls regarding locums or associates working on a ‘self-employed’ basis. Genuine self-employed people have a contract for services, not a contract of services, as an employee does, and as such they have no employment rights.
Launch of pension enrolment scheme
The new pension enrolment scheme for employers with 250 or more members begins on October 1.
HR Alert: New rights for agency workers
PRACTICES who employ agency workers will have to abide by new laws from October 1, 2011.
Ask the Expert: Changing terms and conditions of employment
Practices are becoming more financially aware in this current climate and one area which has been raised recently by MDDUS members is how to change employees’ terms and conditions.
Case study: Sending the wrong message
...the employee sent an offensive email to a work colleague from his home computer outside working hours but the alarm was raised when the email entered the company's system...